Wonderful post. It made me smile and it made me hungry. Why shouldn’t you make the cake again and again? When something works… We tend to eat things over and over when they are in season. The winter selections are just not the same.

LOL!!! Oh, what beautiful produce!!! Basil is my favorite herb. It’s so funny that your daughter wanted you to stop making your peach cakes (which, by the way, look delicious) because I’m the same way–whenever I find something I like and I’m good at, I tend to go overboard. As always, thanks for sharing your lovely posts and pictures! Have a great day! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Much coming in from our own garden now too. I also like to eat my way through the garden and orchard! One Extension agent I know said the best way to eat a tomato is out in the field with the seeds running down one’s face.

They are ripe now. Rick has already been picking the table grapes and the pinot noir is also ripe. I will have to harvest what I can this week, as the bees are making the rounds of the vineyard, sucking the grapes dry. The birds aren’t far behind…

Rick’s mother has now qualified for home hospice, so I am looking forward to the extra help, and a little more sleep.

So nice to think of you walking through your garden and enjoying its bounty. And now I am both hungry and envious – though we do get to enjoy the bounty of this time of year as well, we just pay for it with money instead of work!

Congratulations on baking such a tasty looking cake! My daughter Alice makes peach crumble and very nice it is too. I will have to try peach cake! I live with a lot of piggy people who never complain about the type of cake or pudding I bake. They only moan if there isn’t enough. Our figs are ripening at last! Our tomatoes are also ripening but don’t taste of much because of the lack of sunshine. Lovely photos of all the produce!

Thank-you! I will try this recipe I think. Is it just a plain sponge mixture? Fresh figs are wonderful and the tree is not fussy either ( this is fortunate as most of the trees in our garden have to survive without much care )

I’ll email you the recipe. Pretty straightforward, even for me.
You’ll need 2 or 3 peaches, 2 eggs, some brown sugar, butter, sour cream (I use light), baking powder and soda, and some flour. Plus nutmeg, vanilla extract and a wee sprinkle of salt. Then you slice the peaches and put a layer right around the outer edge of the cake, put in oven for about 50 minutes, eh voila! My good man comes along and sprinkles it lightly with icing sugar, but I never bother.

The peaches seem to have been especially delicious this year – coming to the end of that season is sad. I’ve tried them many ways but not in baking so good for you! It does seem that the apple trees have a bigger bounty too this year.

Great post, Cynthia!! I’m so impressed with your lush garden! Nothing tastes better than produce fresh from the garden, IMHO. 🙂 I got a good chuckle over your making the peach cake over and over. Too funny. 😀 I’m planning to bake an apple pie this week; I love using my mom’s recipe for apple pie with crumb topping. Yum!

WOW! What a bounty! I am lettuce-y green with envy that you have so much wonderful food coming from your very own garden. It just looks fabulous, as does your peach cake and those apple pies. If you’ve got that peach cake down, maybe there’s an outlet/local fair in town where you could sell some! I have a tabu recipe for a German Plum Cake that I also make with peaches or apples – super simple and to die for. E me off-post through my website if you’re interested, and I’ll e-mail it to you – jeannebalsam.com 🙂

Cynthia, what a great team you and Hamlin make. Your words and humor plus his photography make for a magazine quality post. And thank you for making me feel normal about binge baking with a winning recipe. 😉 This year I ate the blueberries right off of our bushes. One of my sons did some picking so I could bake at least one pie.
Blessings ~ Wendy

I laughed out loud in my office reading about your peach cake!! I have to agree it is a wonderful feeling to eat off your own land. Every time I pull something out I have canned or frozen it makes me feel wonderful inside all winter long.

I make our infused oils at home as well. Basil/garlic is our family favorite. I make quite a few at a time as I cook our chicken in, use it on veggies, pasta, salads etc. YUM

When I read about your cooking, I always feel comforted. One of these days I’m going to have to climb in through a window (says she who can no longer climb) and raid your freezer or canned preserves.
Glad you laughed.

Fresh peaches and yogurt. YUMMY! 😀 My favorite. Hi, Cynthia. I haven’t been around for awhile and I was thinking of you and wondering how you are doing so decided to pop over and say howdy. Hope you’re well and that you have a lovely day. ❤

Hilary my dear: you just made a friend for life! You can’t cook cakes either! Mind you, the very fact that you say ‘cook cakes’ instead of ‘baking’ is a sure tip-off. I’m so happy to know you are also inept at baking. But I bet you’re a wonderful cook.

I was just having a little wander through your tweets and found this fabulous post which I had missed! Just look at those Lettuce! And Tomatoes and Squash! And the cake is gorgeous. O.K, your secret is out, you really are a DOMESTIC DIVA!

A wonderful celebration of the garden and beautiful joyful post! The harvest looks delicious and I just love the brightness of the red currents! Oh, keep making the cake…just a pity we can’t all taste a bit, it looks perfect!! 😀😀

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